Leaves irregularly alternate, obovate-elliptic, oblanceolate or elliptic; Coarse fruit blooms in March-May, ripens in September-65438+1October, blooms in spring in August-65438+1October, and ripens in March-April of the following year; Flowers pink to crimson, solitary leaf axils or sub-terminal; The fruit stalk is 20-56mm long, aggregate fruit is full and straight, with 8 carpels and octagonal shape.
Illicium verum is a famous condiment and can also be used as medicine. Pericarp, seeds and leaves all contain aromatic oil, which is an important raw material for making cosmetics, liqueur, beer and food industry.
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geographical distribution
Distributed in Southeast Asia and North America. Of which Asia accounts for 80%. In Southeast Asia, China is the main producing area, followed by Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sumatra, Kalimantan and other regions and countries. America is mainly distributed in Mexico, Haiti and Florida.
China is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces.
Mainly produced in western and southern Guangxi, China (mostly cultivated in Baise, Nanning, Qinzhou, Wuzhou, Yulin and other areas), with an altitude of 200-700 meters, while the natural distribution can reach an altitude of 1600 meters. Yanshan Mountain in Guilin (about 2511'n) and Doushui Town in Shangrao, Jiangxi (25 50' N) have been introduced and bloomed normally. It is also planted in southern Fujian, western Guangdong, southeastern and southern Yunnan. ?
Baidu Encyclopedia-Illicium (Illicium of Magnoliaceae)